London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Croydon 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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APPENDIX A.

Table 1.

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CĀ®LDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

A. - Routine Medical Inspections.

Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:

YearYear
19401939
Entrants1696355
Second Age Group10962543
Third Age Group11321984
Total39244882
Number of other Routine Inspections4528
Grand Total39694908

B. - Other Inspections

Number of Special Inspections70704244
Number of Re-Inspections474017109
Total1181021353

C. - Children Found to Require Treatment.

Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require treatment (excluding Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases.)

GroupFor Defective Vision (excluding 3quint)For all other conditions recorded in Table IIA.TotalTotal 1339
Entrants1720154
Second age Group58116166440
Third Age Group7682135289
Towel (Prescribed Group151399542783
Other Routine Inspections1344
Grand Total152402546787

Total visits to Elementary Schools: 199
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